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New Atlanticist

New Atlanticist is the Atlantic Council’s public policy blog. It seeks to provide expert analysis, accessible to a broad readership, on the most pressing issues facing the transatlantic community.

Inflection Points

A weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, Inflection Points focuses on the global challenges facing the United States and how to best address them.

UkraineAlert

UkraineAlert is a comprehensive online publication that provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture, with commentary drawn from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.

MENASource

The MENASource blog follows the transitions in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Syria, as well as other political and economic changes throughout the region. MENASource provides a platform for diverse perspectives from the US, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa on major issues that are at stake in the post-Arab Spring era.

SyriaSource

SyriaSource, a project of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, amplifies Syrian voices, alongside Atlantic Council researchers and fellows, to showcase issues most pertinent to Syrians. The blog features news and analysis directly from Syrian sources as well as international experts.

IranSource

IranSource provides a holistic look at Iran’s internal dynamics, global and regional policies, and posture through unique analysis of current events and long-term, strategic issues related to Iran.

EnergySource

EnergySource provides analysis and insight on key energy issues, making sense of key energy trends and their implications for geopolitics, geoeconomics, policy, and markets.

AfricaSource

AfricaSource provides in-depth analysis and incisive commentary by the Africa Center’s experts on the people and events shaping the present and future of the world’s most dynamic regions.

Econographics

Econographics help visualize and contextualize the most important trends and developments in the global economy.

TURKEYSource

TURKEYSource provides analysis and insight on Turkey and related developments with coverage from Turkish, regional, and international experts. This blog offers timely news and commentary on key issues related to transatlantic relations, energy, business, migration, and key players.

SouthAsiaSource

SouthAsiaSource is the Atlantic Council’s premier publication for South Asian affairs, covering areas such as economics and trade, governance, education, climate and environmental issues, politics and diplomacy, migration, security, and other areas.

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NATOSource

Dec 21, 2012

Report: Russia postpones Mistral warship project to 2016

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia is putting back the launch of a project to build two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships under French license from 2013 to 2016, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday.

New Atlanticist

Dec 21, 2012

Euro-Realism: For a Better Europe

By Julian Lindley-French

Myth has it that Trotsky believed capitalism would collapse under the weight of its own contradictions. In fact that was the so-called Ultra Leftists, as neither Lenin nor Trotsky thought capitalism would face a final reckoning, believing rather that capitalism would preserve itself at whatever cost. Only class struggle, they believed, would ensure the collapse […]

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2012

Syria Fires More Scud Missiles at Rebels, U.S. Says

By Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, New York Times

From Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, New York Times:  Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria have resumed firing Scud ballistic missiles against rebel positions in recent days, American officials said on Thursday.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2012

Chuck Hagel, Israel, and Honest Debate

By James Joyner

Atlantic Council chairman Chuck Hagel has been widely reported to be President Obama’s choice for secretary of defense. Given that he’s my boss’ boss, I’ve refrained from commentary on his merits for the job.  But silence in the face of slander is too often taken as admission.

Middle East

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2012

Report: NATO members need to work on cyber resiliency

By Haly Laasme, Cicero Foundation

From Haly Laasme, Cicero Foundation:  NATO’s Global Commons Report seems to suggest that because the new Strategic Concept committed NATO to a strong defence posture in cyberspace, it would also somehow assure the Alliance  to be at the front edge in assessing the security impact of emerging challenges.

Cybersecurity NATO

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2012

The case for a NATO-Gulf strategic dialogue

By Jean-Loup Samaan, NATO Review

From Jean-Loup Samaan, NATO Review:  Some achievements in NATO-GCC relations are worth considering and using.

MENASource

Dec 20, 2012

Minorities and Majorities in a Democracy

By Mohammed Nosseir

In their first attempt toward establishing a democracy, Egyptians apparently misunderstood the real meaning of the concept, and how its mechanism functions. Democracy is not only about placing ballots in transparent boxes to set up a government. Democracy is a philosophy of ruling and governing a country through a given mechanism that entails many aspects. […]

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2012

Kuwait allocates land for a NATO training site as part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

By Kuwait News Agency

From Kuwait News Agency:  Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said here Wednesday Kuwait’s allocation of a training site for NATO is part of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, which was launched by the alliance in 2004.

MENASource

Dec 20, 2012

Top News: Cairo Administrative Court to Review Legitimacy of Referendum

By Egypt Source

The Cairo Administrative Court on Thursday is set to look into a complaint that calls for the cancellation of the second phase of the referendum on the constitution slated for Saturday, in addition to the annulment of the result of the first phase, which took place 15 December.

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2012

Three Ticking Time Bombs at the Pentagon

By Harlan Ullman

To most observers, irrespective of “sequestration” that would remove an additional $500 billion from defense spending over the next decade, the most dangerous of ticking time bombs at the Pentagon is budgetary.

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